Health care quality indicators on the management of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: a literature review.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on October 19, 2012

Authors

Britta Strömbeck1, Ingemar F Petersson, Theodora P M Vliet Vlieland, EUMUSC.net WP6 group

Author Affiliations

1: Musculoskeletal Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. britta.strombeck@morse.nu

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